The Sustainable Sun Devil
“Grist”
“The Sustainable Sun Devil” is a biweekly email newsletter created for Arizona State University by Grist.org, the nation’s leading online source of news on sustainability and the environment. It will hit your inbox every other Wednesday, bringing you news about sustainability and green happenings at ASU, in the Southwest, and around the world. What’s not to love?
April 29, 2009
In this issue: Find out the environmental impacts of taking the elevator, move off campus for the summer without boxing out the planet, learn lean, green tips for life, and get involved with kids and eco-benchmakers.
April 15, 2009
In this issue: Win a trip green music festival Bonnaroo, check out Earth Day events and free food on campus, find out which green sports venues score big, and see how eco-labels support farm workers in developing nations.
April 1, 2009
In this issue: Pay tuition with student-discovered clean technology, win a solar charger in a green caption contest, get video advice on toothbrush recycling, and find out how sustainability studies pay off.
March 18, 2009
Win a trip to the Arctic through a climate Facebook app, power down your carbon footprint during Earth Hour, sink your teeth into free food from Engrained, and find out which TV is greener: LCD or plasma.
February 25, 2009
In this issue: Fight climate change from Facebook, study sustainability in Australia and Fiji, sink bogus claims about killing whales, and find out how sustainable bamboo really is.
February 11, 2009
In this issue: Enter green caption contest, be a greener Valentine, move into sustainable campus digs, and ogle eco-celeb couples.
January 28, 2009
In this issue: Enter green caption contest, win solar charger, laugh at sizzlin’ climate mockumentary, pucker up with natural lip balms, find out how green e-books are.
December 10, 2008
In this issue: Get free bike tune-ups and rentals, ride METRO light rail for free, simplify your holiday gift giving, and save energy on your video games.
November 19, 2008
In this issue: ASU scores trees and a princely prize; 50 Cent, Leonardo DiCaprio, and James Bond go green; a review of eco-friendly feminine products; and how to compost with worms inside your apartment.
November 5, 2008
In this issue: Check out a biodiesel chopper, celebrate 50 years of ASU sustainability success, eat seasonally to give your love life a boost, and deflect those “tree-hugging hippie” insults.
October 22, 2008
In this issue: Check out a “Rock for Solar” show, celebrate Campus Sustainability Day, green your Halloween, smack sense into your energy-hog roommates.
October 8, 2008
In this issue: Visit a Zen garden on the Tempe campus, win prizes for putting your biodiversity vision on video, find out how to get a green job, and send Obama or McCain to Poland for climate talks.
September 24, 2008
In this issue: Win a fellowship to fund a climate action project, help clean up Fossil Creek, get tips for making college life greener, and find out why a climate expert says you should eat less meat.
September 10, 2008
In this issue: Solar power amps up at ASU, ASU earns green honors from national groups, colleges around the country promote biking and ban cafeteria trays, and Grist compares the eco-records of the presidential candidates.
“The Sustainable Sun Devil” is created for ASU by Grist.org, the nation’s leading online source of environmental news. Together with ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability, we will be bringing you sustainability updates from around your campus, your country, and your world. ASU is responsible only for ASU-created content and has no editorial control or responsibility for information that it has not contributed to this publication. The statements, views, and opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent those of Arizona State University, the Arizona Board of Regents, the State of Arizona, or any of their respective regents, officers, employees, or agents.
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